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Quincy posted points on the scoreboard first when Maddox glided in front of a SoHo receiver, intercepted a Joe Auteri pass, and returned the ball 40 yards for a touchdown. Minutes later, in the second quarter, Maddox--at halfback--capped off a 53-yard drive on a touchdown gallop from the five. Having dominated play for the entire first half, Q-World walked off the gridiron with a 14-0 lead...
...South House didn't crumble. SoHo halfback Andy Stoebner scored his team's only six-pointer on a six-yard run culminating a 70-yard drive which used all of the time in the third quarter. The extra point conversion failed and the SoHo eleven were unable to manufacture another productive march for the remainder of the game...
...that's just not good football sense. I mean, the people sucking down beers at the Dirty (a Deli-Bar-Hangout) a few blocks away knew that halfback Kevin Powell was going to carry the ball up the middle. Nobody knew it better than the Harvard defensive line and linebackers, who smothered Powell for no gain--no easy feat, as Powell was spinning and sliding through tackles like a greased pig for most of the afternoon...
...Crimson took over with excellent field position, and seven running plays later, halfback Jim Acheson was trampolining into the end zone for the game-clinching touchdown. Laycock's decision to go for the first down was the turning point of the game...
...Green stayed within nominal striking distance of the Elis, besting Columbia in New York, 21-7. Halfback Sean Maher took over when the brisk Manhattan winds made passing infeasible, crunching the line for 131 Dartmouth yards in 24 carries, while backfield mate Peter Lavery added 91 more...